title: Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis as the cause of death in captive non-human primates.
abstract: Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis is reported in captive non-human primates. A howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) at the Audubon Park and Zoological Gardens, New Orleans, LA, died 21 days after initial clinical symptoms. A white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) died at the Ardastra Gardens and Zoo, Nassau, Bahamas, 17 days after onset of symptoms. Both had access to free-ranging gastropods within the zoos. These are the first reported cases of natural infection by A. cantonensis in non-human primates in the western hemisphere.
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gutter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D000508:Alouatta / Q000469:parasitology*; D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001444:Bahamas; D002423:Cause of Death; D002427:Cebidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D006922:Hylobates / Q000469:parasitology*; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*